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It really begs the question, what does this Prime Minister have to hide?' asked Conservative MP Michael Cooper. OTTAWA — Liberal MPs once again spent hours Tuesday filibustering a parliamentary committee meeting to prevent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, from testifying about allegations of Beijing’s interference in past elections. ... Conservative MP Michael Cooper.. It’s been now more than 14 hours over four days that the Liberal MPs on this committee have been filibustering for hours and hours and hours on a very simple motion to have the prime minister’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, testify...

In a major shakeup to the highest ranks of the Prime Minister's Office, Gerald Butts resigned Monday as Justin Trudeau's principal secretary. The bombshell departure — Butts, along with chief of staff Katie Telford, are the two most senior staffers in Trudeau's inner circle — comes amid allegations that senior members of the PMO pressured former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya. In a statement to reporters, Butts said he categorically denies allegations that he or anyone else in the PMO...